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" H. HILABERS,

APPARATUS FOR DRYING WALL PAPER.-

Patented May 9, 1882.

170v ewe ion UNITED STATES PATE T ()FFICE.

. HENRY HILBERS, on nnnsnrne, NEW YOR APPARATUS FOR DRYING WALL-PAPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,703, dated 'May 9, 1882.

Application filed March 22, 1882. (No model.) 1

To all whom it may concern Be it known that i, HENRY HILBERS, of Flushing, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented an Improved Apparatus for Drying all-Paper, of which the following is a specification.

Figure 1 is a plan or top view, partly in horizontal section, of my improved apparatus for drying wall-paper. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same; Fig. 3, avertical cross-section thereof on an enlarged scale. Fig. atis a diagram showing how the wall-paper is suspended while hein g dried. Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinal section on the line 0 c, Fig. 1. g

The object of this invention is to produce a machine on which wall-paper or other paper or fabric can be dried immediately after the colors have been applied thereto.

To this end the invention consists in combiningfestoon-carriers with endless belts or chains, and with apparatus for moving said chains and for holding the festoon-carriers in the horizontal position, and with means for dropping these carriers into vertical position when the paper that is suspended from them has been properly dried. The entire apparatus is intended to be suspended from ceiling-brackets, so as to clear the floor and keep the paper or fabric to be dried entirely free from contact with the floor and away from the danger of being soiled by dust or otherwise.

The invention consists, also, in the new arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings, the letters A, B, and 0 rep resent three vertical shafts, that are respectively hung in brackets D, E, and F, which are fastened to the ceiling of the room in which the machine is to be used; but posts standing on the floor may be used instead of the brackets. The shafts A and B carry pronged wheels to and b, respectively, around wh ich islaid achain, G, so that when rotary motion is imparted toeither of these shafts by suitable meanssay by pulley attached to the shaft Bthe chain.

G will be revolved in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. l. Directly below the wheel I) t is loosely fitted around the shaft B another by a PHllGyOIOtlIGIWlSQ, as indicated in Fig. 5, will cause the belt or chain H to revolve in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig.1. The chains G and H have outwardly-projecting buttons or lugsg and h, respectively, which are intended to moveth'e festoon-earriers I. These festoon-carriers are rods of wood or other material, (more clearly shown in largersize in Fig. 3,) every such rod being attached to a block, t, that is hollowed out on its lower side to fit over a rod, j, that is rigidly attached to the brackets D E F by means ofbracesj", springing therefrom, as is more clearly shown in Fig. 3. The lOLl j is preferably a tube, so as to be light, but may be a solid rod of circular cross-section. The braces j are also provided with outwardlyprojecting arms 7c, that carry another guiderod, l, on which thetestoon-carriers I rest durin g their motion. The carryin g-rod j is an endless rod, extending around the wheel a. and around the wheel 0 andstraightalongthesides of the apparatus, as is clearly shown in Fig. 1, so that the festoon-carriers may be moved continuouslyby the chains G and H around the whole apparatus. The chain G is between the wheels a and b, guidedin the straight direction, if desired, and supported on the beams m, that are rigidly suspended from thebrackets D and E, said beams having upwardly-projectin g ribs a (see Fi g. 3) for further guidance of the chain. The blocksiof thefestoon-carriers extend down far enough to be within reach of the projections g of the chain G and of the projections hofthe chain H, as is indicated on the left-hand side of Fig. 3. The chain G is in practice very much longer than the chain H, and Fig. 1 shows the parts partly broken away at 0 to indicate that the chain G and all the appurtenances are much longer in fact than they are represented to be, whereas the chain H is not broken awayin said figure. In fact, in practice the distance between the shafts B and G will be about twelve feet, while the distance between the shafts A and B will be about thirty-five or forty feet, or more. The outer supportingrod, l, is notcontinuous, but begins at a point, p, opposite, or nearly op posite, the pulley e, and ends at the point q, opposite, or nearly opposite, the pulley b. Whenever the chain H, moving in the direction of the arrow which is shown in Fig. 1, pushes one of the blocks t as far as the end p of the rod 1, the attendantswiugs the carrier I up into ahorizontalposition, so as to rest it upon the rod 1,- or said festoon-carrier may be lifted upon the rod 1 by a stationary cam or inclined plane, so as to dispense with the services of an attendant. The chain H has its lugs or projections it much farther apart than are the ln gs g of the chain G, and it follows that the festoon-carriers I, while they are moved by the chain H, are farther apart than are the fes-toon-carriers while moved by the .chain G, which is clearly indicated by therespective positions of the festooncarriers in Fig. 1. Now, as is shown in Fig. 4, the paper to be dried is taken from the printing apparatus and placed over the festoon-carriers I while the same are under the influence of the chain H-that is to say, while they are far apartthns holding the paper in larger festoons while it is still quite wet, but by the time that the festoon-carriers are taken along by the chain G and brought more closely together, as shown on the right-hand side of Fig. 4, the paper has already been sufficiently dried to allow of the contraction of the festoons, as indicated in the same figure, and it is then carried along by the festoon-carriers under the influ-.

ence of the chain G until the paper has been quite dried,when it will be delivered to receiving-rollers on the dropping of the carriers off the rod 1 at the point g.

It is evidentthat many features 01" my invention can be utilized by the use of but a single chain G, and also that more than two chains can be combined on the plan described with the same series of festoon-carriers.

fabric, consisting of series of travelin'gfestooncarriers, which are combined with the supporting-rail Z, to be dropped automatically when they reach the end of said railysubstantially as specified.

4. The combination of the chain Gr, having closely-setprojections g,with the chain H, having more widely set projections h, and with the festoon-carriers I and apparatus for supporting the same, substantially as herein shown and described.

5. Thefestoon-carricr I, adapted to be moved by belt or chain and combined with the round rod on which it can slide and be swung into vertical or into horizontal position, substantially as herein shown and described.

This specification ot'my invention signed this 9th day of March, 1882.

' HENRY HILBERS.

\Vi tnesses:

' SAML. 1t. Bnr'rs,

WILLIAM H. 0. SMITH. 

